Ideas are like the fleeting romances in our fantasies. Writing is the marriage. It is the hard work.
Writing is waking up in the morning and putting pen to paper. Writing is going to work.
If you like writing as a creative exercise, then you can find comfort in that old cliché that says, creativity is knowledge having fun. The exercise of putting words to paper will feel less dreary then. Still unconvinced? Don’t worry; with little steps you can spur your writing creativity. To most of us, creativity doesn’t happen overnight. It needs work and drive.
Here are three things you can do in the iotas of time to improve your writing creativity.
Explore With A New Word
Stocking your word-hoard is the first step in writing. Knowing when and how to use that word is the all-important second step. In the little time you have,learning a new word a day is the easiest thing you can do. With a few new words in your arsenal, let’s look at how you can deploy them by understanding their usage.
What Makes A Famous Quotation Great
Social media sees a spate of quotes. Don’t dismiss them always. Dig a little deeper and you can “study” a quote and see how it articulates a truth in the shortest sentence possible. Quotes are powerful tools for condensing deep ideas in few words. You can re-work and tweak a quote for use as a blog title, a story prompt, or even creatively use it as a conversation trigger in social media conversations. Give it a creative twist and it can even become a good lede. Let’s not forget their power in PowerPoint.
Experiment With Search
Maybe, you love writing but suck at creative ideas. The best inspiration comes when you are not looking for it. That’s why showers are so great for coming up with ideas. Similarly, creative writing ideas can be everywhere. Think Google. Playing with Google’s search operators takes a few seconds if you know how.
One of my favorite Google Advanced search operators is the “*” (asterisk). Combined with the quotation marks, it can be a powerful tool for idea generation. When we use the asterisk as a wildcard next to a word or phrase (or in the middle of a phrase) and enclose it with quotation marks, we tell Google to display results that contain any words that occur at the position of the asterisk. You can use the wildcard to combine two or more words in a sentence and find different combinations that Google digs up.
Try a search engine like Million Short to see what lies deep in the depths of Google.